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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 44 | monday october 28, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
by yasmeen serhan and jessie wong
daily trojan
“No matter where you are on campus, if you listen really
hard, you can always hear an Asian language,” Andrew Liu
said. “That always makes me feel good — feel at home.”
A sophomore majoring in music industry, Liu came to
USC in 2012 from his native Singapore and found a place
within the university’s multiethnic Asian community.
Born in Chicago in 1994 to a Taiwanese family, Liu spent
the majority of his life in Singapore, where he attended
the United World College of South East Asia, a British
international school where the curriculum was taught in
English.
“The way to describe me is TCK — third culture kid,” Liu
said. “My passport citizenship, my heritage and where I live
now reside in completely different cultures.”
Liu is just one of the approximately 9,200 students who
make up USC’s growing Asian community, which accounts
for approximately 23 percent of the total undergraduate and
graduate population. Of the 7,889 international students, a
group that makes up 12 percent of the student population,
over three-fourths are from Asian countries.
But for all the Asian community is, the diversity and
complexity within the 23 percent is often overlooked — clouded by
stereotypes and preconceptions that numbers alone often
keep hidden.
What’s BEnEath thE numBEr 23
“Within the 23 percent, [the Asian community is]
extremely diverse,” said Mary Ho, director of the Asian
Pacific American Student Services, a division of USC
Student Affairs. “USC categorizes students by breaking it
down into 13 subgroups, but as a community we have over
40 ethnic subgroups.”
With all of the underrepresented minorities on
campus, some advocates felt that the diversity of the Asian
community is often overlooked.
“We forget about how diverse the Asian-American
community is,” said Gloria Kim, executive director of the
Asian Pacific American Student Assembly. “When we
think about Asian-Americans, we usually only think about
Chinese-Americans or Korean-Americans.”
APASS aims to support the Asian-Pacific American
student community through leadership and empowerment
programs, catering to a multitude of backgrounds including
Chinese, Taiwanese, Indian, Filipino and Pacific Islander.
“We have a space for students to come through and learn
about themselves specifically through the lens of their racial
and ethnic identity,” Ho said. “We have opportunities for
them to find their own space, to find their own meaning and
their own narratives.”
Serving the university’s Asian-American community
since 1982, APASS was established in order to address
the needs of the growing Asian-Pacific American student
population and connect them with alumni. Pauline Ng Lee,
who graduated in 1986, said that APASS was a source of
guidance and cultural familiarity during her time at USC.
“It was the fact that there were Asian students and the
commonality of being Asian-American and experiencing
the same cultural background,” Lee said. “The cultural
values were the same — the idea of honoring and respecting
your values, work ethic and responsibility.”
The diversity of the Asian community on campus,
however, isn’t entirely new. Catalina Camia, who also
graduated in 1986, said the Asian-American community
was growing exponentially during her time at USC more
Asian-American
students evaluate
diversity at USC
USC’s Asian community accounts for about 23
percent of the university’s student population.
| see DIvErsIty, page 9 |
aCademiCS Culture
by matt lemas
daily trojan
Former Los Angeles mayor
Antonio R. Villaraigosa has been
appointed a professor of the
practice of policy at the Sol Price
School of Public Policy.
In a press release sent out by
the university last Friday, USC
said Villaraigosa “will work on
innovative, large-scale approaches
to the significant policy issues
facing California.”
His role as a professor of the
practice of policy is reserved
for individuals “who have made
significant contributions in the
USC appoints
former mayor
as professor
Antonio Villaraigosa will be
a part-time professor at the
Price School of Public Policy.
| see vIllaraIgosa, page 3 |
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
new start · Former L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s new role will spearhead the
university’s think tank called the ‘Initiative for Restoring the California Dream.’
by sareen Palassian
daily trojan
The Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
launched a partnership with Adobe
Systems on Wednesday evening, in which
the full Adobe Creative Cloud was made
available to students, faculty and staff of
the school free of charge. The contract,
which ends in October 2016, will possibly
be extended as a long-term fixture in the
developing Annenberg curriculum in
conjunction with future classes in Wallis
Annenberg Hall.
Annenberg students will be able to
download software spanning the entire
“enterprise version” of the Adobe Creative
Cloud, which includes programs such as
Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro.
The suite, which costs $600 annually to
the general public, is available for free
to all students majoring or minoring
in an Annenberg discipline, as well as
graduate and Ph.D students, faculty and
staff. This is not Adobe’s first university
collaboration, but it is the first to focus
the use of Adobe programs on such an
individualized level.
James Vasquez, Annenberg’s assistant
dean of operations, emphasized the
critical role Adobe programs will play in
the future of the school.
“Three years ago, we had a discussion
of technology, infrastructure and
pedagogy in our curriculum, which we
are now calling the 21st century digital
literacy initiative and, as part of that,
we identified a common set of skills that
all Annenberg students graduate with,”
Vasquez said. “The new building gave us
the opportunity to think through what
type of resources to buy for our space,
and since students have flexibility in
mobile devices — whether it be laptops,
tablets or phones — we need to provide
them the right software.”
Administrators said they were initially
attracted to Adobe’s platform agnostic
designs, which operate across all devices.
The university first approached Adobe
Systems a year and a half ago with the
Annenberg collaborates with Adobe Systems
Adobe Creative Cloud will be
free in the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
| see aDoBE, page 3 |
teChnology
jessica Zhou | Daily Trojan
Partners · Adobe Enterprise Account Manager Mike Riley answers questions
about the benefits of the new collaboration between USC and Adobe Systems.
AsiAn@UsC
UsC Check out the second installment of
the Daily Trojan’s three-part series
“Asian-American students assess
diversity at USC.” { }@

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 44 | monday october 28, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
by yasmeen serhan and jessie wong
daily trojan
“No matter where you are on campus, if you listen really
hard, you can always hear an Asian language,” Andrew Liu
said. “That always makes me feel good — feel at home.”
A sophomore majoring in music industry, Liu came to
USC in 2012 from his native Singapore and found a place
within the university’s multiethnic Asian community.
Born in Chicago in 1994 to a Taiwanese family, Liu spent
the majority of his life in Singapore, where he attended
the United World College of South East Asia, a British
international school where the curriculum was taught in
English.
“The way to describe me is TCK — third culture kid,” Liu
said. “My passport citizenship, my heritage and where I live
now reside in completely different cultures.”
Liu is just one of the approximately 9,200 students who
make up USC’s growing Asian community, which accounts
for approximately 23 percent of the total undergraduate and
graduate population. Of the 7,889 international students, a
group that makes up 12 percent of the student population,
over three-fourths are from Asian countries.
But for all the Asian community is, the diversity and
complexity within the 23 percent is often overlooked — clouded by
stereotypes and preconceptions that numbers alone often
keep hidden.
What’s BEnEath thE numBEr 23
“Within the 23 percent, [the Asian community is]
extremely diverse,” said Mary Ho, director of the Asian
Pacific American Student Services, a division of USC
Student Affairs. “USC categorizes students by breaking it
down into 13 subgroups, but as a community we have over
40 ethnic subgroups.”
With all of the underrepresented minorities on
campus, some advocates felt that the diversity of the Asian
community is often overlooked.
“We forget about how diverse the Asian-American
community is,” said Gloria Kim, executive director of the
Asian Pacific American Student Assembly. “When we
think about Asian-Americans, we usually only think about
Chinese-Americans or Korean-Americans.”
APASS aims to support the Asian-Pacific American
student community through leadership and empowerment
programs, catering to a multitude of backgrounds including
Chinese, Taiwanese, Indian, Filipino and Pacific Islander.
“We have a space for students to come through and learn
about themselves specifically through the lens of their racial
and ethnic identity,” Ho said. “We have opportunities for
them to find their own space, to find their own meaning and
their own narratives.”
Serving the university’s Asian-American community
since 1982, APASS was established in order to address
the needs of the growing Asian-Pacific American student
population and connect them with alumni. Pauline Ng Lee,
who graduated in 1986, said that APASS was a source of
guidance and cultural familiarity during her time at USC.
“It was the fact that there were Asian students and the
commonality of being Asian-American and experiencing
the same cultural background,” Lee said. “The cultural
values were the same — the idea of honoring and respecting
your values, work ethic and responsibility.”
The diversity of the Asian community on campus,
however, isn’t entirely new. Catalina Camia, who also
graduated in 1986, said the Asian-American community
was growing exponentially during her time at USC more
Asian-American
students evaluate
diversity at USC
USC’s Asian community accounts for about 23
percent of the university’s student population.
| see DIvErsIty, page 9 |
aCademiCS Culture
by matt lemas
daily trojan
Former Los Angeles mayor
Antonio R. Villaraigosa has been
appointed a professor of the
practice of policy at the Sol Price
School of Public Policy.
In a press release sent out by
the university last Friday, USC
said Villaraigosa “will work on
innovative, large-scale approaches
to the significant policy issues
facing California.”
His role as a professor of the
practice of policy is reserved
for individuals “who have made
significant contributions in the
USC appoints
former mayor
as professor
Antonio Villaraigosa will be
a part-time professor at the
Price School of Public Policy.
| see vIllaraIgosa, page 3 |
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
new start · Former L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s new role will spearhead the
university’s think tank called the ‘Initiative for Restoring the California Dream.’
by sareen Palassian
daily trojan
The Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism
launched a partnership with Adobe
Systems on Wednesday evening, in which
the full Adobe Creative Cloud was made
available to students, faculty and staff of
the school free of charge. The contract,
which ends in October 2016, will possibly
be extended as a long-term fixture in the
developing Annenberg curriculum in
conjunction with future classes in Wallis
Annenberg Hall.
Annenberg students will be able to
download software spanning the entire
“enterprise version” of the Adobe Creative
Cloud, which includes programs such as
Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro.
The suite, which costs $600 annually to
the general public, is available for free
to all students majoring or minoring
in an Annenberg discipline, as well as
graduate and Ph.D students, faculty and
staff. This is not Adobe’s first university
collaboration, but it is the first to focus
the use of Adobe programs on such an
individualized level.
James Vasquez, Annenberg’s assistant
dean of operations, emphasized the
critical role Adobe programs will play in
the future of the school.
“Three years ago, we had a discussion
of technology, infrastructure and
pedagogy in our curriculum, which we
are now calling the 21st century digital
literacy initiative and, as part of that,
we identified a common set of skills that
all Annenberg students graduate with,”
Vasquez said. “The new building gave us
the opportunity to think through what
type of resources to buy for our space,
and since students have flexibility in
mobile devices — whether it be laptops,
tablets or phones — we need to provide
them the right software.”
Administrators said they were initially
attracted to Adobe’s platform agnostic
designs, which operate across all devices.
The university first approached Adobe
Systems a year and a half ago with the
Annenberg collaborates with Adobe Systems
Adobe Creative Cloud will be
free in the Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism.
| see aDoBE, page 3 |
teChnology
jessica Zhou | Daily Trojan
Partners · Adobe Enterprise Account Manager Mike Riley answers questions
about the benefits of the new collaboration between USC and Adobe Systems.
AsiAn@UsC
UsC Check out the second installment of
the Daily Trojan’s three-part series
“Asian-American students assess
diversity at USC.” { }@